I've only seen pics of the Avro Vulcan, never an actual plane, I'm afraid. Oh well.

I do find strategic bomber missions to be crazy. Many of the B-1 and B-2 strikes in recent years have come out of random AFBs in the US - the B-2s from Missouri. They fly for over a day with occasional refueling, rotating flight crews, etc. Then they drop their (relatively limited) ordnance and turn around. They do occasionally use forward-deployed bombers at Fairford, Diego Garcia, or Guam, but a bunch come from mainland US. Talk about fuel expenditures.

At the end of the day, though, in terms of sheer mayhem and power, the B-52 is unparalleled. Not a fancy plane, perhaps, and fantastically old, but they can drop a truly ridiculous amount of munitions in a single sortie. Their mission capable rate is also pretty damned good. If you've ever had a chance to see one up close, it's pretty impressive. I have to wonder what they'll finally develop to replace it.